Typographic machine.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

G. MUEHLEISEN. TYPOGRAPHIG MAQHINE.

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CARL MUEHLEISEN, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGN OR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, OF NEW YORKg N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Avnlicatioa filed J 11y29,1904. Serial No. 218,697;

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL .MUEHLIEISEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographic Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

mechanism for assembling type or matrices from a plurality of magazines by means of a single keyboard Theinvention will be described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, and in Which'- v Figure 1 is a side view of a keyboard of'a typographic 'machine and the connections fromthe keyboard to the magazines, parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2' 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the arrangement of connections from the keyboard to the magazines. Fig. 4 is a plan. view of the upper guides for the escapement-actuating 'rods. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6is a section pn the line 6. 6 of Fig. 4.

' Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the keyboard of a typographic machine: For convenience .the keyboard, of an ordinary linotype-machine is illustrated, which is identical with that shown and described in .United States Patent to Ottmar Mergenthaler, No. 531,266, dated December 18,1894. I have also shown power devices for actuating the escapements similar to thoseilluse trate'd and described in said patent. 'These devices, briefly described, com rise constantly-running rolls 1 1, over whic rotatable cams 12 are normally sup orted out of contact with the rolls, there eing one cam to each key of the keyboard. When a key is operated, it raises a rod 13 and rocks an elbow 14, thus lowering the support 15 of the cam 12. I The detent 16 of the cam is thus freed from the stop 17, and the cam, which is normally unbalanced, quickly rotates into contact with the roll 11. The roll imparts to the cam a complete rotation, and owing. to its eccentric mounting the support 15 is thus vibrated upward, raising the lifter-rod 18.

. The cam makes one complete revolution and .comes to rest against a stop 17.

The present invention comprises improvescribed in the patent previously referred to,

and as they constitute no part of the present invention a more detailed description may be omitted. a 1

The present invention includes two series of es'capement-actuating rods 20 and 20 arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 3that is,

there are a series of rods 20 inclined up-.

wardly to the right and a series of rods 20' inclined upwardly to the left from the liftingprovided. with vertical lower ends and vertical upper ends, as-indicated in Fig. 3. The.

actuating-rods are arranged to cross each other, the lower vertlcal ends of the series 20 being in the rear of the lower vertical endsof the series 20 The upper ends of the rods .rods18. The actuating-rods are preferably 20 cooperate with the "escapements .of a

magazine 21*, while the upper ends of the rods 2O cooperatewith a companion maga- .zine21 Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, it

will be seen that the lower ends of both series.

of actuating-rods are guided in a plate 22,

which has a sliding movement forward and back for the purpose of moving the lower endsof either set of actuating-rods into position directly over the lifter-rods 18 for the purpose of operating either set of said actu ating-rods by said lifter-rods.

I The plate 22 is retained in position and guidedb pin-andsl'ot connections 23 with the main ame. It is reci rocated by meansof arms 24 on a rock-s aft 25, the said arms being loosely connected to the plate by pins or screws 26. The shaft 25 is rocked by means of the hand-- lever 27, and said hand-lever is held in any desired position by means ofa latch 28 and a cooperating spring 29, said latch being provided with a pin 30, which entersholes or de pressions 31 in the fixed part ofthe machine. t will be seen that by rocking the shaft 25 either. set of the actuating-rods 2O '20 'm'ay. be made to cooperate with the lifting-rods 18. Referring to Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6, the upper vertical ends of the rods 20 are guided in slots in a plate 32, while the upper ends of the rods 2O are guided in slots in a corre: sponding plate 32*. The plates 32 32 are adapted to be shifted laterally to carry the 'upper ends of the rods out of engagement with the escapements 33. The escapements illustrated are of the usual linotype construc tion, such as illustrated and described, for instance, in Patent No. 531,266, before referred to. The guide-plate 32 is mounted on bars {34, which are connected to arms 35, fixedon ment of the guide-plates 32 32* the guide rock-shaft 36. Said" shaft is rocked by means ofa handle 37 to shift the guide-plate to thc 'rear to disengage the rods from the escapements. .When the rods are in engage- -ment with the escapements the guide-plate go;

is held in position by a latch 38. In order to provide for independent moveplate 32 isconnected to rods 39, which are pivoted to arms 40, which in turn are pivotally mounted on the shaft 36. The arms 40 arerigidly connected by a bar 41, whereby I they rock in unison when actuated b a handle 42. The plate 32 is also provi ed with a latch 38 to lock it in operative position.

' actuating-rods 20 same arrangement might be extended to setting mac three or more magazines-that is, they might be arranged in tandem and'actuatingrods be made to converge to a common keyboard. In the drawings "I have illustrated the magazines 21 21 as containing. linotyp'ematrices 43. It will be evident that the resent invention is likewise adapted for reiba'sing other forms of matrices or for discharging typfils from the magazines of type- Therefore, without limiting myselfto the precise construction and arrangement of devices illustrated and described, I claim 1. In a typographic machine, a plurality of magazines arranged in tandem, corresponding series of matrix-releasing devices,

a single keyboard, series of actuating-rods extending from the respective magazines toward the keyboard in converging lines, and means whereby a single key may be caused to operate the corresponding rods of the respective magazines at will.

2. In a typographic machine, the combination with two magazines arranged in tandem, of a keyboard comprising a single series of keys and key-levers arranged centrally below the two magazine's, type or matrix releasing devices connected with the magazines,

and two series of actuating-rods, one in the rear of the other, and arranged in converging and intersecting lines, whereby each key of the keyboard is adapted to operate'the corresponding releasing devices of the two magazines. 3. In a typographic machine, the combination with a plurality of magazines provided with t pe or matrix releasing devices, and with a single keyboard, of a plurality of series of actuating-rods for the releasing devices the diflerent series being arranged in different planes and in intersecting lines and connecting the several magazines with the keyboard, a shifting guide'for the lower ends of said rods wherebyeither series of rods may be brought into, operative relation with the keyboard, and means for shifting said guide.

In testimony whereof I- have'signed my name to this specification in two subscribing witnesses.

- CARL MUEHLEISEN;

Witnesses:

HENRY HASPER, FRANK H. MASON.

the presence of, 

